Late Friday night, I got a highly-secured e-mail telling me that I have been accepted into the Indiana University Ed.D. program in Language, Literacy, and Culture Education. I have no idea how I’m going to finance this, but I am excited. To say that this isn’t in itself an answer to prayer…would be intentional ignorance…
Category: Thoughts & Musings
Karibuni Dar es Salaam
This past week, I had the cool opportunity to host a friend here in Dar es Salaam. Its not often that I get visitors all the way from the U.S., so I invested considerable thought into how to maximize her week so as to get the best possible introduction to this beautiful city I call…
Certain Uncertainty
In June, I am leaving Tanzania indefinitely. I’m moving back to Indiana to eventually (spring 2018) ride a bicycle across the U.S. with my parents. But more than that, I’m moving into a period of what I can only define as certain uncertainty. I really don’t have any idea what next year will look like….
Humans. Individuals. Friends.
Since the election of President Trump, political discussions seem increasingly frequent, with conversations swirling with ideologies, theories, -isms, and so much more. As a general rule, I just keep my mouth shut. Its safer. Living abroad has opened my mind and developed my perspective on so many issues. The intensive worldview training that my parents…
Life is an Adventure
At least that’s what I like to think anyway. And its what’s written on the front of a very-cool bicycle-themed birthday card that my mom sent me this year (she knows me pretty well!). The thing about adventures is that they don’t always go quite as planned. I suppose that’s what makes them adventurous. Sunday…
Plugged In
On Monday morning, following Young Life camp, Ben Cook shared a summary of the weekend’s club talks with the entire HOPAC secondary school. He re-told how Micki used a lamp as an illustration, starting with the creation of the lamp and its design to be plugged in to a power source to be able to…
Egal, es wird gut, sowieso
The words threaten to burst from my soul, Then the page stares back at me hollow and blank. And no words come. So many thoughts swirl around my mind Then the attempts to write leaves a vacuum And no words come. I turn the music up, try to drown out the waves of emotion Pen…
Dredz & Priorities: Setting it Straight
For the last month, I’ve been investing time and energy and money into starting dreadlocks in my hair. I’m inspired by the uber-cool Hawaiian-surfer-types with long, neat dreadlocks. I’m also inspired by my uber-cool Tanzanian friends with awesome dreadlocks of various lengths and styles. But mostly, I’m inspired by the supposed carefree lifestyle of the…
Time to Refresh
I’ve been feeling disconnected Like my service is extended Life’s a losing game of charades This drama it goes on for days I’m faking, but I’m not making Crushed by pressure unrelenting It’s unraveling bit by bit The strands of which my heart is knit I feel nothing, my tears all cried No longer breathing,…
An Adventure Worth Telling (Part 2)
Continued from An Adventure Worth Telling (Part 1) “Not all who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien In keeping with the Tolkien theme, this aptly describes how I spent the remainder of my time in Paris. After heading back to the apartment to shower and empty my backpack of dirty clothes, T. and I set…
Ride Fierce Racing 